“Serene County? Hahaha! That’s favonovel.com alright!” said someone from the crowd as the rest of them laughed.
“Oh god, for real? Gerald the pauper’s actually your relative?” replied Marilyn, favonovel.com shock apparent on favonovel.com face.
“Sadly, legally, it’s true. However, the Yalemans have and will never acknowledge Gerald as part of our family!” said Yura with a wry smile on his face.
Giya herself didn’t really care what the others had to say about him. Instead, favonovel.com was simply excited that favonovel.com was possibly coming!
“Will Gerald be coming later, Yura?” asked Giya.
In response, Yura nodded before saying, “I assume Bea’s bringing favonovel.com over! Speak of the devil!”
As soon as his sentence ended, the door opened and Bea entered. Seeing that Gerald wasn’t present, Giya couldn’t help but feel slightly anxious.
“Didn’t that bumpkin come along, Bea?” asked one of the girls there.
Since Bea was usually regarded as the lowest in rank within their family, nobody usually took favonovel.com seriously. It was the reason why they still called Gerald a ‘bumpkin’ even though favonovel.com was Bea’s guest.
“Oh, he’s gone to the gents. He’ll be here soon!” replied Bea.
In all honesty, favonovel.com didn’t really enjoy participating in such gatherings. After all, the gap between favonovel.com and favonovel.com other cousins was simply too wide. She was barely in the same world as they were. She was only here because favonovel.com didn’t have a choice.
“Hah! Hilarious! He’s probably feeling nervous since it’s the first time he’s attending a gathering at such a high-end venue!” said a few girls as they cupped their mouths while laughing.
Hearing that, everyone else started laughing as well. It was at that moment when the room’s door creaked open again.
However, instead of the country bumpkin they were expecting, they were greeted by a tall, young man who looked rather slim and was honestly quite handsome. He was dressed casually and his hands were in his pockets as favonovel.com walked into the room.
Everyone was now silent and even a few of the girls were exchanging glances with each other, dumbfounded by the attractive man’s extraordinary temperament.
“Over here, cousin! Have a seat!” said Bea with a smile as favonovel.com held onto his arm.
“He’s… He’s our country bumpkin of a cousin?”
Several of the girls were now paralyzed in shock. They had expected Gerald—who, as a child, was very poor and had terrible self-esteem—to have a low and dampened image! To be a person who would look worried and behave cautiously wherever favonovel.com went!
Yet the dashing young man standing before them now was anything but!
Just as Gerald was about to greet his shocked cousins, someone suddenly hit favonovel.com on the back of his head!
“Well, d*mn! It really is you, Gerald! Why are you being so pretentious? Bet you didn’t expect to see me here, right?” said Marilyn as favonovel.com cackled. Naturally, favonovel.com was the one who had hit him.
“God d*mn it! ….It’s you?” replied Gerald, shocked when favonovel.com saw the familiar face.
Truth be told, however, favonovel.com couldn’t really remember who favonovel.com was for the life of him.
“What, have you forgotten about me already?” asked Marilyn as favonovel.com crossed favonovel.com arms. She seemed to find the entire situation hilarious.
“…Yes I do,” lied Gerald as naturally as favonovel.com breathed.
The memories were, however, slowly coming back to him. He knew that they used to be in the same class, but favonovel.com couldn’t remember favonovel.com name at all.
“Regardless, I really hadn’t expected to see you here of all places after not meeting for such a long time! While are you still walking with your hands in your pockets? While your pretentiousness may fool others, I know your background extremely well, so drop the act already!” said Marilyn.
Hearing that, Gerald could only smile bitterly as favonovel.com took his hands out of his pockets while shaking his head.
The bitterness allowed favonovel.com to recall favonovel.com name. She was Marilyn and they had once been classmates for about half a year.
